List of European swimming records over 200 meters chest

The swimming European records over 200 m breaststroke are the best times swum in the 200 m breaststroke swimming discipline by Europeans . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

European records for men over 200 m chest (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Frederick Holman	United Kingdom	03: 09.2	July 18, 1908	London
2	Robert Andersson	Sweden	03: 08.3	April 18, 1909	Stockholm
3	Félicien Courbet	Belgium	03: 00.8	October 2, 1910	Schaerbeek
4th	Percy Courtman	United Kingdom	02: 56.6	July 28, 1914	Garston
5	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 54.4	November 12, 1922	Amsterdam
6th	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 50.4	April 7, 1924	Magdeburg
7th	Erich Rademacher	German Empire	02: 48.0	March 11, 1927	Brussels
8th	Jacques Cartonnet	France	02: 42.6	February 8, 1933	Paris
9	Erwin Sietas	German Empire	02: 42.4	March 16, 1935	Dusseldorf
10	Jacques Cartonnet	France	02: 39.6	May 4, 1935	Paris
11	Alfred Nakache	Vichy France	02: 36.8	July 6, 1941	Marseille
12	Herbert Klein	BR Germany	02: 27.3	June 9, 1951	Munich
Rule change
13	Knud Gleie	Denmark	02: 37.4	February 14, 1953	Copenhagen
Rule change
14th	Leonid Kolesnikov	Soviet Union	02: 39.3	July 19, 1958	Moscow
15th	Egon Henninger	GDR	02: 37.4	June 19, 1960	Berlin
16	Leonid Kolesnikov	Soviet Union	02: 37.3	June 25, 1961	Moscow
17th	Leonid Kolesnikov	Soviet Union	02: 35.6	5th September 1961	Lviv
18th	Georgi Prokopenko	Soviet Union	02: 35.4	April 13, 1962	Moscow
19th	Georgi Prokopenko	Soviet Union	02: 34.0	April 13, 1962	Moscow
20th	Ivan Karetnikov	Soviet Union	02: 31.9	August 11, 1963	Moscow
21st	Georgi Prokopenko	Soviet Union	02: 30.2	March 28, 1964	Baku
22nd	Georgi Prokopenko	Soviet Union	02: 28.2	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
23	Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	02: 27.4	3rd April 1968	Tallinn
24	Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	02: 26.5	March 22, 1969	Minsk
25th	Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	02: 25.4	April 19, 1969	Magdeburg
26th	Walter Kusch	BR Germany	02: 24.55	July 20, 1972	Munich
27	Nikolai Pankin	Soviet Union	02: 24.22	August 14, 1972	Moscow
28	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 23.67	2nd September 1972	Munich
29	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 19.28	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
30th	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 18.23	July 25, 1975	Cali
31	David Wilkie	United Kingdom	02: 15.11	July 24, 1976	Montreal
32	József Szabó	Hungary	02: 14.27	August 21, 1986	Madrid
33	József Szabó	Hungary	02: 13.87	August 21, 1987	Strasbourg
34	József Szabó	Hungary	02: 13.52	September 23, 1988	Seoul
35	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 12.90	August 18, 1989	Bonn
36	Sergio Lopez	Spain	02: 12.24	July 20, 1990	Seattle
37	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	02: 12.03	January 11, 1991	Perth
38	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 11.98	May 23, 1992	Sheffield
39	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 11.62	May 23, 1992	Sheffield
40	Norbert Rózsa	Hungary	02: 11.23	July 29, 1992	Barcelona
41	Domenico Fiovaranti	Italy	02: 10.87	September 20, 2000	Sydney
42	Dmitri Komornikov	Russia	02: 10.39	June 10, 2003	Monte Carlo
43	Dmitri Komornikov	Russia	02: 09.52	June 14, 2003	Barcelona
44	Paolo Bossini	Italy	02: 08.98	August 12, 2008	Beijing
45	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 08.68	August 12, 2008	Beijing
46	Marco Koch	Germany	02: 08.33	June 28, 2009	Berlin
47	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 08.08	July 30, 2009	Rome
48	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 07.64	July 31, 2009	Rome
49	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 07.28	August 1, 2012	London
50	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 07.23	August 2, 2013	Barcelona
51	Anton Tschupkow	Russia	02: 06.96	28th July 2017	Budapest
52	Anton Tschupkow	Russia	02: 06.80	August 6, 2018	Glasgow

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 200 m breasts (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	E. van den Bogaert	Belgium	03: 38.2	0August 7, 1921	Antwerp
2	E. van den Bogaert	Belgium	03: 34.6	0May 6, 1922	Brussels
3	E. van den Bogaert	Belgium	03: 31.4	0October 4, 1922	Antwerp
4th	Irene Gilbert	United Kingdom	03: 20.4	June 18, 1923	Rotherham
5	Erna Murray	German Empire	03: 20.2	0April 5, 1925	Leipzig
6th	Brita Hazelius	Sweden	03: 19.1	August 11, 1926	Stockholm
7th	Marie Baron	Netherlands	03: 18.4	October 24, 1926	Brussels
8th	Else Jacobsen	Denmark	03: 16.6	August 20, 1927	Oslo
9	Lotte trouble	German Empire	03: 15.8	April 15, 1928	Magdeburg
10	Marie Baron	Netherlands	03: 12.8	April 22, 1928	Rotterdam
11	Lotte trouble	German Empire	03: 11.2	July 15, 1928	Berlin
12	Margery Hinton	United Kingdom	03: 10.6	July 20, 1931	Manchester
13	Lisa Rocke	German Empire	03: 08.2	April 21, 1932	Leipzig
14th	Else Jacobsen	Denmark	03: 03.4	May 11, 1932	Stockholm
15th	Martha Genenger	German Empire	03: 00.8	March 16, 1936	Dusseldorf
16	Martha Genenger	German Empire	03: 00.5	March 21, 1936	Dortmund
17th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	03: 00.2	May 11, 1937	Amsterdam
18th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	02: 58.0	June 27, 1937	Zaandijk
19th	Jopie Waalberg	Netherlands	02: 56.9	0October 2, 1937	Ghent
20th	Anni Kapell	German Empire	02: 55.5	March 19, 1941	Dusseldorf
21st	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 52.6	August 17, 1946	Bilthoven
22nd	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 51.9	March 29, 1947	Amsterdam
23	Nel van Vliet	Netherlands	02: 49.2	July 20, 1947	Hilversum
24	Éva Novák	Hungary	02: 48.8	October 21, 1950	Székesfehérvár
25th	Éva Novák	Hungary	02: 48.5	0May 5, 1951	Moscow
Rule change
26th	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 46.4	November 13, 1956	Naarden
Rule change
27	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 52.5	May 18, 1957	Blackpool
28	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 51.9	03rd August 1957	Rhenes
29	Ada den Haan	Netherlands	02: 51.3	04th August 1957	Rhenes
30th	Anita Lonsbrough	United Kingdom	02: 50.3	July 25, 1959	Waalwijk
31	Wiltrud Urselmann	BR Germany	02: 50.2	0June 6, 1960	Aachen
32	Anita Lonsbrough	United Kingdom	02: 49.5	August 27, 1960	Rome
33	Karin Beyer	GDR	02: 48.0	05th August 1961	Budapest
34	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 47.7	April 11, 1964	Blackpool
35	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 45.4	17th May 1964	Berlin
36	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 45.3	September 12, 1965	Groningen
37	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 44.6	March 23, 1966	Moscow
38	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 43.0	July 16, 1966	Moscow
39	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 40.8	22nd August 1966	Utrecht
40	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	02: 40.7	September 11, 1970	Barcelona
41	Renate Vogel	GDR	02: 40.28	18th August 1973	Utrecht
42	Hannelore Anke	GDR	02: 40.01	07th September 1973	Belgrade
43	Anne-Katrin Schott	GDR	02: 37.89	0July 6, 1974	Rostock
44	Karla Linke	GDR	02: 37.44	19th August 1974	Vienna
45	Karla Linke	GDR	02: 34.99	19th August 1974	Vienna
46	Marina Koshevaya	Soviet Union	02: 33.35	July 21, 1976	Montreal
47	Yulia Bogdanova	Soviet Union	02: 33.32	0April 7, 1978	Leningrad
48	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 33.11	August 24, 1978	Berlin
49	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 31.42	August 28, 1978	Berlin
50	Svetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	02: 31.09	March 30, 1979	Minsk
51	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	02: 28.36	0April 6, 1979	Potsdam
52	Silke Hörner	GDR	02: 28.33	05th June 1985	Leipzig
53	Sylvia Gerasch	GDR	02: 28.20	0March 1, 1986	Leningrad
54	Silke Hörner	GDR	02: 27.40	August 22, 1986	Madrid
55	Silke Hörner	GDR	02: 26.71	September 21, 1988	Seoul
56	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	02: 26.57	July 23, 1996	Atlanta
57	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	02: 25.31	March 23, 1997	Budapest
58	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	02: 24.90	August 20, 1997	Seville
59	Ágnes Kovács	Hungary	02: 24.03	September 20, 2000	Sydney
60	Sara Nordenstam	Norway	02: 23.79	August 14, 2008	Beijing
61	Mirna Jukić	Austria	02: 23.76	August 14, 2008	Beijing
62	Sara Nordenstam	Norway	02: 23.02	August 15, 2008	Beijing
63	Mirna Jukić	Austria	02: 22.91	February 28, 2009	Vienna
64	Mirna Jukić	Austria	02: 22.46	April 25, 2009	Vienna
65	Mirna Jukić	Austria	02: 22.10	July 30, 2009	Rome
66	Nađa Higl	Serbia	02: 21.62	July 31, 2009	Rome
67	Yulia Efimova	Russia	02: 20.92	02nd August 2012	London
68	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 20.53	March 29, 2013	Copenhagen
69	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 19.11	01 August 2013	Barcelona

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

European records for men over 200 m chest (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Étienne Dagon	Switzerland	02: 11.44	January 30, 1987	Paris
2	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 10.79	February 11, 1989	Bonn
3	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 09.81	February 11, 1989	Bonn
4th	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 09.49	November 29, 1989	Montreal
5	Joaquín Fernández	Spain	02: 08.62	January 24, 1991	Sabadell
6th	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 08.15	January 27, 1991	Leicester
				October 20, 1991	Birmingham
7th	Nick Gillingham	United Kingdom	02: 07.91	04th December 1993	Palma
8th	Andrei Korneev	Russia	02: 07.79	March 28, 1998	Paris
9	Roman Sloudnow	Russia	02: 07.59	March 19, 2000	Athens
10	Stephen Perrot	France	02: 07.58	December 17, 2000	Valencia
11	Stephen Perrot	France	02: 07.56	0December 8, 2002	Antibes
12	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	02: 07.46	January 21, 2003	Stockholm
13	Maxim Podoprigora	Austria	02: 06.95	January 25, 2003	Berlin
14th	Ian Edmond	United Kingdom	02: 05.63	December 14, 2003	Dublin
15th	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 05.49	December 16, 2007	Debrecen
16	Edoardo Giorgetti	Italy	02: 05.02	November 28, 2008	Genoa
17th	Hugues Duboscq	France	02: 04.59	December 14, 2008	Rijeka
18th	Melquiades Álvarez Caraballo	Spain	02: 03.46	April 17, 2009	Sabadell
19th	Melquiades Álvarez Caraballo	Spain	02: 02.67	November 14, 2009	Berlin
20th	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 00.67	December 13, 2009	Istanbul
21st	Daniel Gyurta	Hungary	02: 00.48	August 31, 2014	Dubai
22nd	Marco Koch	Germany	02: 00.44	20th November 2016	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 200 m breasts (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Susanne Börnike	GDR	02: 24.61	December 19, 1987	Rostock
2	Susanne Börnike	GDR	02: 24.24	February 14, 1988	Bonn
3	Susanne Börnike	GDR	02: 22.92	February 11, 1989	Bonn
4th	Anne Poleska	Germany	02: 22.90	2001	new York
5	Anne Poleska	Germany	02: 21.93	December 16, 2001	Antwerp
6th	Emma Igelström	Sweden	02: 21.30	April 7, 2002	Moscow
7th	Emma Igelström	Sweden	02: 19.85	December 17, 2002	Melbourne
8th	Emma Igelström	Sweden	02: 19.64	March 14, 2003	Stockholm
9	Yulia Efimova	Russia	02: 19.08	December 14, 2007	Debrecen
10	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 18.52	October 25, 2009	Odense
11	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 18.30	November 15, 2009	Berlin
12	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 16.66	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
13	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 16.08	December 16, 2012	Istanbul
14th	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 15.93	August 11, 2013	Berlin
15th	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark	02: 15.21	December 13, 2013	Herning

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of Austrian swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 200 meters chest
• The breaststroke

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 316: In breaststroke, for economic reasons, the butterfly style had prevailed over time, according to which the arms over the water were led forward. When some breaststroke swimmers , such as the Hungarian György Tumpek, tried to replace the hitherto common chest kick with a so-called dolphin kick , the FINA established a strict separation between the two types of swimming with the introduction of the butterfly style as an independent discipline at the beginning of 1953. The breaststroke returned to the classic version.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 462 ff .: Due to the time advantages when turning, the majority of the previous records came from competitions in a 25-meter Pool. On the one under 1956 Olympics conducted FINA -Congress was finally determined that records from May 1, 1957 found only on the long course (50 meters or 55 yards) official recognition. Also with effect from May 1, 1957, underwater swimming was banned, which was practiced by many breast swimmers for reasons of lower water resistance. From now on, after the start or after each turn, only a single underwater pull with symmetrical arm and leg movements was allowed, and both hands had to touch the pool wall at the same time when the target was hit.